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Learning Artix Linux - Prerequisites & Environment Setup
Before installing Artix Linux, you need to master the Linux CLI, package manager concepts, partitioning & bootloaders, and how services/daemons work. In this episode you prepare the Artix ISO, a VM to experiment in, and verify the base and world repositories.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - History, Background & Why You Need It
Artix was born in 2012 as the continuation of the abandoned Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects, with the goal of delivering Arch without systemd. This episode explores the history, philosophy, and reasons why a systemd-free OS with a user-chosen init remains relevant.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Core Concepts & Main Architecture
Artix combines the Arch kernel and userland with a non-systemd init layer as PID 1. This episode dissects the architecture: the components that replace systemd, the roles of the base, world, and galaxy repositories, and the boot flow from init to login manager.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Installation & Setup (basestrap)
Installing Artix uses basestrap, a pacman-based installer that installs a system into a mount directory. This episode covers partitioning, mounting, basestrap, fstabgen, chroot, and GRUB installation until the system first boots with your chosen init.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Package Management with pacman
pacman is the heart of Artix package management: rolling upgrades, installs, removals, queries, and file search. This episode covers the core commands, /etc/pacman.conf configuration, mirrorlist, and PGP signature verification for package security.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - OpenRC: Init & Service Management
OpenRC is the most popular default init on Artix, with familiar runlevel and service script concepts. This episode covers rc-update, rc-service, rc-status, the /etc/runlevels/ and /etc/conf.d/ directories, and inter-service dependencies with rc_need.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Alternative Inits: runit, s6 & dinit
Besides OpenRC, Artix supports runit, s6, and dinit — three inits with different philosophies. This episode compares how they work and their commands: sv for runit, s6-svc for s6, and dinitctl for dinit, plus when to choose each init.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Users, Groups, Network & Boot
This episode brings together user and group management, network configuration with NetworkManager, nmcli, and dhcpcd, and the boot process without systemd. You'll also learn static IP configuration and choosing the kernel and initramfs at boot.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Desktop Environment & Xorg
Building a desktop on Artix means choosing a DE/WM, display server, and display manager aligned with your chosen init. This episode covers installing KDE Plasma, GNOME, XFCE, i3, and Hyprland, the difference between XLibre and Wayland, and lightdm, sddm, and greetd.
August 10, 2026
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Learning Artix Linux - Audio, Bluetooth & Multimedia
Artix has used PipeWire as its default audio server since 2023, replacing PulseAudio. This episode covers WirePlumber, wpctl for volume control, bluetooth with bluez, gstreamer and ffmpeg codecs, and the mesa and NVIDIA GPU drivers for smooth multimedia.
August 10, 2026
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